Se presenta un caso de herida craneocerebral tangencial por arma de fuego, explicando brevemente su mecanismo de producción y resaltando la problemática médico-legal que puede ocasionar.
Se revisan las normas establecidas para el tratamiento de las lesiones por arma de fuego con afectación craneocerebral, que han sido extrapoladas de la experiencia obtenida en los conflictos bélicos, fundamentalmente en la guerra de Vietnam.
Por último, se hace referencia a la incidencia de la epilepsia postraumática en este tipo de pacientes.
This is the case of a tangential missile wound in the skulI; its mechanism and legal controversies are exposed.
A review of the treatment for these injuries is presented; it has been developped, specialIy, during the war of Vietnam.
Post-traumatic epilepsy incidence in this patients is considered.
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